WACMusic

• Artist: Ill Lit
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• Release Date: September 10, 2002
• Genre: Rock

Review

Ill Lit is hardly the first band to fuse folk-pop melodies with electronic beats and textures, but few, if any, acts have pushed both poles of their sound to such extremes while simultaneously maintaining an equal balance between roots and rhythms. The ingenious WACMusic plants one foot in the dustbowl and the other in Bell Labs, an approach sonically and thematically reminiscent of Grandaddy's excellent The Sophtware Slump. The record's mournful, windswept sound powerfully evokes the isolation and alienation engendered by the prairie and the PC alike, while the lovely harmonies suggest a remixed Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris -- it's gorgeous, truly unique stuff. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Diner Girls	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:47)
Walshratz	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:13)
Prestonhood	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:12)
Beating the Daylights out of My Nightlife	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:48)
Here's to the Rescue	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:03)
Endlessly	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:35)
Whitewashing	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:25)
I Told You So	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(4:34)
The Replacement Song	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(3:41)
Options	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(5:28)
Other Peoples Wives	Daniel Ahearn	Ill Lit	(3:15)
I Would Be True		Ill Lit	(2:37)

Credits

J. Shaw (Producer), Daniel Ahearn (Artwork), Ill Lit (Producer), Dylan Magierek (Producer), P. Brown (Artwork), J. Shaw (Producer)